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मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा Chipotle is Ajoy's favorite joint and he does keep insisting on going to it once in a while. We like the chicken burrito bowl there. So after seeing them prepare the bowl for few times, I decided to try this out at home. Since I had prawns at home and didn't have boneless chicken, I made it with prawns. Turns out it was quite nice. Ingredients 400g Cleaned Prawns 1.5 Cup Rice 5 Tomatoes 1 Lemon 3 Cup Sweetcorn 3 Spoon Curd 3 Spoon Red Chilli Powder 1/2 Spoon Oregano 1/2 Spoon Pepper Powder 1/4 Spoon Corriander Powder 1/4 Spoon Garam Masala 1/2 Cup Grated Cheese 1/4 Cup Ranch Dressing 1/2 Cup Corriander Leaves 4 Spoon Butter Lettuce Salt to taste Olive Oil Method Mix in curd, 1 spoon of red chilli powder, corriander powder, garam masala and salt. Add in prawns and mix well. Keep aside. In a pressure cooker cook the rice with 2.5 cups of water and keep aside. Heat 1/4 spoon of oil and add the corriander leaves to lightly cook them. Add the oil

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा When we were in Bangalore, KFC was our favorite joint. We also have couple of stories that took place in the KFC :) So quite a lot of memories. But since we came here, we haven't been to KFC once, though MacD is regular joint instead. But the fried chicken is something that went missing from our meal since then. So today I knew what I wanted to cook. I was earlier thinking of frying boiled chicken but then decided against it after a second thought. Bing just confirmed my thoughts :) Ingredients 5 Chicken Leg Pieces 1 Egg 3/4 Cup Maida 5 Spoon Bread Crumbs 1 Spoon Red Chili Powder 1/4 Spoon Oregano 1/4 Spoon Pepper Powder 1/4 Spoon Corriander Powder 1/4 Spoon Garlic Paste Salt to taste Oil Method With a sharp knife, give slits to the chicken pieces In a warm bowl of water, add 1/2 spoon red chili powder, oregano and pepper powder with salt. Add the chicken pieces and soak them in it for an hour. In a bowl, beat egg with garlic paste, remaining ha

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा Ajoy loves cauliflower so we end up eating it every week at least once. So I keep trying variety of preparations instead of sticking to the usual one. So today I decided to make a gingery flower. To reduce the spiciness and pungent taste of the ginger I decided to use sweet corn. The recipe came out pretty well and here it is. Ingredients 1 Cauliflower 2 Cup Corn 1 Spoon Grated Ginger 2 Tomatoes 1 Onion 3/4 Spoon Red Chili Powder 1/4 Spoon Turmeric Powder 1/4 Spoon Coriander Powder Salt Oil Method Heat oil to high and fry the medium sized flower florets in it till light brown. Keep aside In a pan heat spoon full of oil and add onion. Fry till translucent. Add grated ginger and fry for another minute Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and fry for a minute or two. Add mashed tomato in it. Cook for couple of minutes. Add sweet corn, salt to taste and cook for 5-6 minutes till mixture dries up a little. Add fried flower florets and

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा We had got lot of plums from Costco but they weren't ripe ones. So I had been thinking of making a cake using them for quite a few days. Finally today I got some time to experiment with it thought the plums were ripe now. I made it in heart shape in honor of today's Valentines day. Ingredients 1 Cup Butter 1.5 Cup Sugar 3/4 Cup Maida 1 Cup Hazelnuts 1 Cup Walnuts 1 Cup Groundnuts 3 Eggs 1/2 Spoon Baking Powder 6 Plums 2 Spoon Lemon Juice 4 Spoon Powdered Sugar 2 Spoon Almonds Method Grind hazelnuts to powder In a bowl, beat in sugar and butter till light and fluffy. Add a egg to the butter and beat well Then add in 1/3rd of hazelnut powder and beat well. Continue adding remaining eggs one at a time alternating with hazelnut powder and beat well Add in walnuts and peanuts and mix well. Sieve maida and baking powder together and add in to the above mixture. Mix well. Grease a pan and add in the batter Preheat oven to 350F/180C Bake the cake at

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा Ajoy just loves lauki kofta so much so that he asks ma to make it every time we go to pune. Till last year, that did work out especially since we visited pune atleast each month. But after coming to Redmond, one thing I am sure Ajoy and me too missed was Ma's special Kofta. So this time when we were in india we did ask her to make it quite frequently but the recipe is so good that eating it once in a year doesn't satisfy the taste buds. So after I got the recipe from her, today I made it on valentine's day. Guess my gift to Ajoy :) Ingredients 3 Cup Bottle Gourd 1 Cup Carrot 1.5 Cup Besan 3 Spoon Corn Flour 2 Onion 2 Tomato 2 Cup Curd 4 Spoon Sugar 1/2 Spoon Chaat Masala 1/2 Spoon Jeera 1.5 Spoon Red Chilli Powder 1/2 Spoon Turmeric Powder 1 Spoon Corriander Powder 1 Spoon Jeera Powder 1 Green Chilli 1/4 Cup Cashews 1/4 Cup Raisins Oil Salt to taste Method Grate bottle gourd and carrot and mix well Heat oil and add in jeera. Let it sput

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा Today when I opened fridge, found that I have around 2 liters of milk and it is getting expired tomorrow. Gave a lot of thought on what I should be using it before I loose it. Last few times I had been making sweets but this time I wanted to make something spicy and that is when I came up this. Ingredients 2 Liter Milk 5 Spoon Vinegar 1 Cup Corriander Leaves 2 Spoon Pudina Leaves 5-6 Green Chillies 2 Bread Slices 1/2 Spoon Chaat Masala Salt Oil Method Boil Milk in a thick pan Mix a cup of water with vinegar and add it to the milk to separate whey from it. Strain it and wash it with cold water. Hang it in a dry cloth for around half an hour to remove as much as water as possible Preheat oven to 350F/180C Bake bread slices for 5 minutes at 350F/180C, Flip the sides and bake for another 5 minutes In a mixie, grind the bread to breadcrums. Save aside Grind corriander leaves, pudina leaves and green chillies to fine paste without using water. In a plate

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा I had been having lots of vegetables in the freeze for quite some time. So today when we planned for quick lunch before heading out to cycling, how to quick something nice and yet something quick. Indo-chinese being my favorite cuisine I came up with this. Ingredients Handful of Ladies Fingers Handful of Eggplant pieces Handful of Cabbage 1 Cup Beans 1 Onion 1 Pepper 2 Spring-onions 6 Garlic Cloves 1 Spoon Garlic Paste 1/4 Spoon Ginger Paste 1/2 Lemon 5 Spoon Soya Sauce 1 Spoon Ketchup 2 Spoon Corn Flour Salt Oil Method Fry Ladies fingers in the oil and keep aside In a pan heat oil and add onions. Fry them till translucent Add in garlic cloves, chopped to fine pieces, eggplant pieces, beans, Pepper chopped, cabbage and cook them with constant stirring till the vegetables are cooked well. Add in fried ladies fingers, garlic and ginger paste and Lemon juice and stir again Add ketchup and soya sauce and stir for couple of minutes Mix corn flour with 6

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा I got 'gulkand' from pune this time, thinking that it might help me cool down a bit when needed. Today wasnt that high temperature day, yet seeing the ice-cream box in the freezer and the gulkand sitting on the shelf, I decided to make this one. What a wonderful friday evening sipping in rose milkshake. Ingredients 6 Cup Milk 2 Cup Vanilla Ice-cream 1/3 Cup Cashews 1/3 Cup Almonds 1/3 Cup Pistachios 1/2 Cup Sugar 2 Spoon Gulkand A Pinch of Red Color Method Add Cashews, Almonds, pistachios in the mixer and grind to rough powder Add in gulkand, ice-cream and grind again. Add milk, sugar and red color and mix till smooth consistency Notes I kept few dry fruits half ground into pieces so that we could get them in mouth while having the milkshake. I think that gave the milkshake amazing taste and feel. For more decoration, I mixed a pinch of red color with couple of drops of water and dipping the back of spoon in it decorated the top of the milks

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा After a long time, I thought of trying out something from my so called 'bible' - a cookery book gifted to me during wedding :) This recipe though not exactly similar but is inspired from there. It is easy to digest yet spicy enough to enjoy, making it a good breakfast. Ingredients 1 Cup Mung Daal 2 Spoon Besan 6 Garlic Cloves 1 Inch Ginger 2 Green Chillies 1 Spoon Jeera 1/2 Spoon Red Chilli Powder 1/4 Spoon Turmeric Powder A Pinch of Eating Soda Salt Oil Method Soak Mung Daal in water for 5-6 hours After the mung daal is soaked, add garlic cloves, ginger, green chilies and jeera to the mixer with couple spoon of water and grind to rough paste Add mung daal without water in it and grind the paste To this paste add in besan, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and eating soda and mix well Heat oil in pan and fry small quantites of the paste we preapred earlier to get crispy wadas Notes Recipe had some more items like coconut, onions, cur